Verge meaning : A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. An edge or border. The phallus. An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland. A circumference; a circle; a ring. The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof. The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.